The EU Rambling: On Loneliness in Success – the Grande École Problem

What they did not tell me when I applied for Erasmus in Paris is that I would be surrounded by … More

From the Tiber to the Clyde: A Roman’s Life in Glasgow – Glasgow Before Glasgow

On 3 March 2017 at around 7.10 a.m., a very sleepy me opened her inbox to discover she had received … More

Everything I’ve ever written that has been vaguely… not awful has been rattled out whilst sprawled on the kitchen floor, … More

It has been two months since then, but I can still feel my cold hands.

While on student exchange at the University of Sydney, I started working at the University call centre as a student … More

It was almost exactly a year ago today that I found out that I was going to be a columnist … More

A brief history of Glasgow in 8 columns, part 8: Home.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with control. At nursery, I’d spend ages tidying up, making … More

A brief history of Glasgow in 8 columns, part 7: A Protest.

For my last blog, I’m going to talk about something as old as the internet itself; something that, despite existing in … More